8 Gift Ideas Using The Glass Etching Technique

The technique of glass etching has been around for quite a while now, and while it may look to be a little complicated and intimidating, it truly is one of the easiest things you can do. Using this method, you are able to use the ordinary glass gift and take it up a step, making it more special and personalized.

Here are 8 ideas for you to use for that next gift you are in need of.

Another reason glass etching has become popular is the use of Cricut machines, creating customized Stencils with Cricut machine then using Armour Etch Glass etching paste to create the design. I have been using Armour etch since the 90’s and it is a tried and tested product and I have had great success with it. A little goes a long way so well worth the investment too. Armour Etch in my opinion is the best glass etching cream on the market and perfect for glass etching with Cricut designs.

I haven’t done glass etching for many years, I can’t even remember what I etched to be honest. I would like to get back into it and etch some glasses in my short term rental property with the name of our beach house on.

1- Glass Etched Casserole Dish from Designed by Dawn Nicole

2-Dollar Store Teacher Appreciation from Skip To My Lou

3- Frosted Martini Glasses from Sand and Sisal

4- DIY Monogrammed Soap Dispenser from Craftaholics Anonymous

5- Glass Etched Trifle Bowl from Make It and Love It

6- Simple Glass Etching Tutorial from Melissa Esplin

7- Mr. & Mrs. Etched Stemless Wine Glasses from Glass Blasted Art

8- Father’s Day Candy Jar from The Real Thing With The Coake Family

Did you know that October is Squirrel Awareness Month? I didn’t know we needed more awareness of these little creatures, but let’s take it as a sign to learn more about squirrels!

Let’s start with some fun facts via Kids Konnect: did you know there are five subfamilies and more that 280 species of squirrels? The smallest are pygmy squirrels and the largest, the Bhutan giant flying squirrel, can be longer that 4 feet (1.2 meters).

Tree squirrels can climb down trees so fast because their ankles can rotate 180 degrees, allowing them to grab the tree bark as they go down. While most squirrels don’t survive their first year of life, they can live five to 10 years in the wild and squirrels have been known to live up to 20 years in captivity!

Rhythms of Play has more fun facts and tips for observing squirrels if you want to add some real life nature to your nature study.

We always like to start these collections with life cycle and parts of the animal printables, so let’s grab the squirrel life cycle an parts of a squirrel worksheets from Montessori Nature. (It doesn’t look like these are free any more but they have a whole unit study on squirrels you can buy that includes life cycle and parts activities, characteristics of different kinds of squirrels, a printable poster, information about predators and more.)

Grab the squirrel lapbook printable (free with email address) from Homeschool Share to learn the parts of a squirrel, where they live, what they eat, whether they hibernate and more. There’s also a nut taste test printable, a place for making observations about squirrels, life cycle of an oak tree, games and more.

Simple Everyday Mom has some cute squirrel themed worksheets including tracing the letter s, labeling the parts of a squirrel and a letter s maze. She also has more activity pages with a squirrel theme, including matching, a more traditional maze and a counting and graphing activity.

Work on letter recognition with this squirrel and acorn game printable from Teaching Mama. I love the idea of hiding the letters in a fall themed sensory bin for kids to find, identify and match to the letter on the worksheet.

For older kids you can do this “if I were a squirrel” writing prompt from Lesson Planet.

And throw in a little counting with these squirrel and acorn tens frame printables from JDaniel4’s Mom, which you can use to count real acorns or any other little fall themed thing you have handy.

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